The Lost Books of the Odyssey

The Lost Books of the Odyssey[1] is a 2007 novel by Zachary Mason, republished in 2010. It is a reimagination of Homer's Odyssey.

The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Dust jacket from the first revised edition
AuthorZachary Mason
Cover artistChin-Yee Lai
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreParallel novel
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
2010 (1st revised edition)
Media typePrint (Hardbound)
Pages228
ISBN978-0-374-19215-0
OCLC422758757

Mason, who wrote the book while working full-time, won first prize and initial publication in a 2007 competition sponsored by Starcherone Books, an independent publisher in Buffalo, New York.[2] The Los Angeles Times reviewed the book,[3] and it became a finalist in the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction competition in 2009.[2][4] The book garnered additional positive reviews upon re-publication with Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.[5][6]

Jonathan Galassi, president of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, noticed the book and worked with Mason to craft a second edition of the book, reducing its length and making other modifications to the content.[2] The result was more widely reviewed to acclaim.[7][8]

Plot

A series of short stories following the general theme of Odysseus, discussing fragments from the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey', changing narrator and subject on very regular occasion for a total of 44 fragments.

References
  1. Mason, Zachary (2010). The Lost Books of the Odyssey. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-19215-0.
  2. Rohter, Larry (February 9, 2010). "A Calculus of Writing, Applied to a Classic". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  3. "Get lost!". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 2008.
  4. Gaffney, Adrienne (March 17, 2009). "Disproving the Notion That Kids These Days Only Write in Tweets". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  5. "Fiction Books Reviews: 9/28/2009". Publishers Weekly. September 28, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  6. "Macmillan: The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel Zachary Mason: Books". Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  7. Kakutani, Michiko (January 27, 2010). "Odysseus Engages in Spin, Heroically". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  8. Alter, Alexandra (February 5, 2010). "Reimagining Homer's Odyssey". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
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